Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-16
LeLscrs From the People.

EDITOR ENrERpRIsE.-We, too, are
opposed to newspaper controversies aud
! IT was not our intention 10 pr Woke one
when we wrote the letter in reply to The
article of .'.Jon;dab." l t the truth
hurts so much. however, that he Is
still willing To attempt to deceive the
public by his false illusions, the blame
must rest upon him. In our first let
ter we only sought to correct mlsState-
nemts which he hal made and nave W
other object inview III this one. Brel-
" IN the first place. III reply to his ellJrt
to prov that the author of The letter III
question WAS not II temperance man, we
lave TO say, tii;lt we never in all our life
have drank so much as II pint OF spirits
of any kind. That, that kind of IL tenn
pprance man does not please him we are
MT surprised One who like himself
has in the past INDUCED to excess III III
tnNaating drinks ar who like some OF
his followers have attempted To make
,u.pcr;lnce spcrches after having been
.,lrlu,kn the night before. OF coursc,are
ol.. .tltle,i to be c;lllep telnpernte.-
Huw IKE ii wolf III Sleeps clothing
he poses lis the poSsessnr Of i'll tho vir
tues, we leave our readers to Judge
course. the opinion Of Il MA who hon
estly differs with him OH the liquor
question is not to be tolerated. In re-
gard 10 the charge he makes against us
Tor w;lnJ ..of reverence and respect Tor
the church of GUd," we submit that
while like '.Jonitlab, I'VE do not use 1t
us Il cloak to cover up multitude OF
sins, no one las :. higher respect for it
and for those whose acS accord with
their professions. We love the church
but despise those WHO woull profane it
by pretending to be Whit they are not
and words used 10y us construed It's de-
rogatory TO consistent members do us
Injustice. ''JOnidab," hUwev, l.. big he
may feel feel himself. does not make up
the whole church, and our slluSion to
lnenibcrs OF church if disreSpectTul were
meant fol- Individuals alld not the Whole
church-fur .'.Jonidabo and those like
him. OF course 10 one believes THAT the
LEV. S.. U. Grimsiey1 and "Jonldab"
were one and >the same. but our readers
Will perhaps recognizA 'Jonldab" from
/, { description submitted as follows;
l.e Is n sduatler Ito whiclA designation
Ii, 50 seriously objected wlieh Spilled to
anu. n - for the reason That he is one,)
and Z. ..i;.t class WHO Thought it was II
sin town the ,gro after they had sold
and been lYid for them, aud Il Republi-
can official WHO turned Mdh0neite to re-
tain his position. That oar signature
of Life Long Democlilt" cxclres the
wrath uf ''Jonitlab, - the self constitu
ted reformer OF the morals OF the people
WAS IT, be expected of one So deeply im
bued with kepublicanisn, but is 1t not
alittle surprising that Democrats should
he SO willing To he hoodwlnked by him
and those like him, that they will con-
sent to measures dictated 10y them which
will eventually disrupt the Democratic
party? Under the gnise of local option
cannot anyone see tile clOveil foot Of
Republicanism? Asa life long Demo
crat, we regret to see the fruits Of IL
victory Won only after fight OF .
years Slipping away from us and we
commend IL consideration OF the matter'
to the attention OF our democratic
friends. 'Jonidab' in the midnight
lueeling can whoopup the colored troops
when needed, bit who can Stay the rout
in the dlsorganized ranks OF Democrats
when once they lave deserted their
colors?
LII conclusion we repeat and are pre-
pared to prove that every charge is
true we made in our last letter III ref
erence to the speakers who arc exp ected
To speak aJ tile Jubilee" here next Sat
urd;ly and we offer as proof OF the ut
| tcrances of the Rev. j. a. b. Wilson the
name of Mr.. Z. u. Corbin, Whom every
one will bGlieve, however much Joni
dab may assert To The contrary. Us
equally reputable citizens will sustain us
III tile charges re lnatie against Snyder
and as To Warner no proof is necessary
us no one thinks of or recognizes him
us anything but a mere clown anu there
fore only To Le laughed ut lis one who
taking tile role Of IL fool, plays IL o such
perfection. With such amotley crowd
we do not believe any dIstin gnished soll
Of Virginia would choose TO associate
and despite "J0nidab 50 assurances that
they ;lre to be present, their names have
not been given nor can they he, lis will
be proven OH the day of the grand 'jubi-
lee. Z" Putting Oh the livery VI heaven
To serve the devil in, could certainly
apply to no one better than "Jonldab"
and presenting him to the public. az
Iayed in that garb. no one will be at loss
TO recognize Il certain little Store-keeper
vi Chincoteague. We make no profess
sions OF sancJlty as lie does, but unlike
lin, Try to attend to our business and
10 be Il law-;lblding citizen and rs 4
parting salute, commend such Il course
lo him.
Respectfully,
~ LIFE LONG DEMOCRAT AND
TEMPERANCE MAN.